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Monday, 10 November 2014

Saturday 6th December 2014Playtest UK will be returning to Dragonmeet for the 5th year to run the Playtest Zone. Check out the www.dragonmeet.co.uk website for more details.

This year the venue has changed to the ILEC Convention Centre & Ibis Hotel, near Earl's Court and West Brompton station. We will be playtesting all day on Saturday.

This will be a public playtesting event for card games, board games, digital game prototypes. If you are a games designer, this is a perfect opportunity to play your game with the great gaming public and receive more feedback in a day than you usually would in a month.

There will be a prize draw for playtesters that sit down to play a prototype.

If you would like to bring along a game design to be playtested please register your game beforehand using the website contact form.

Adult Tickets can be bought from the website for about £8 each (or they are £10 on the door).

Under 16's tickets are free with an adult.

Transport: I wouldn't advise driving as parking in this area of London is very expensive, but the venue is a short walk from West Brompton rail & tube station, which is on the District & Overground lines.

If you have any questions please add them to the comments section below and I'll try and answer them. Alternatively, feel free to contact me directly using the contact form.Join the group at www.meetup.com/Playtest

The aim of the event is to bring designers and playtesters together to play games, encourage feedback and to help create better games.

You know that boardgame idea you've had knocking about for years that could be brilliant or just might not work? Create a prototype, bring it along and have fun figuring it out. Who knows, your idea might end up in a box on a games shop's shelf!

Do you like to play games? Do you know what makes a good game fun? Your opinions could help to develop the prototypes and perhaps lead to a playtesting credit in a published game.

We will rovide feedback forms for designers and playtesters.

There will be a prize draw for each attendee that playtests a game and for designers who bring a game prototype. The prize will be a £30 gift voucher to spend at www.boardgameguru.co.uk

Feel free to contact me for more details via the contact tab at the top of the page.

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

To coincide with the 2nd International Tabletop Day organised by Geek & Sundry, Playtest UK are running a playtesting and gaming event on Saturday 5th April at the Crown Tavern pub, 43 Clerkenwell Green, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 0EG. (Link to Map).

We will be upstairs in the Apollo room from 12.00pm 'til closing time at 11pm. Please feel free to bring along any game prototypes you would like to have playtested.

There will also be some popular gateway games available of the printed variety to encourage new gamers into our great hobby.

Just drop by on the day or check out our Meetup.com page for this event and other Playtest UK meetups.

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Braving the weather and rail disruptions, the London Playtest UK group kicked off 2014 with a packed weekend playtesting session, featuring 24 diverse prototypes from 17 different game designers. These ranged from storytelling card designs to physical party games, with economic euro games and dexterity games also in the mix.

Friday, 17 January 2014

Here is a link to the 7th Granollers Board Game Design Competition:www.firajugarxjugar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/seventh-board-game-design-competition.htmlThe competition is for unpublished games and the rules can be found at the above link. The deadline for entries is the 3rd February 2014.'Oracle Pathway' by Playtest UK member, Brett Gilbert won the overall prize at the 5th Granollers Competition.The game went on to be published by Asmodee as 'Divinare' in 2012 and was placed on the SDJ recommendations list in 2013.

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

The London Toy Fair will be held at Olympia London from Tuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd January. Some members of Playtest UK are meeting up for a coffee and a chat at 12pm on Wednesday in the West Hall Café. Everyone is welcome to come along.

Toy Fair isn't open to the general public, but if you have an interest or role in the games industry, it is possible to register in advance for a free ticket here:

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

The January Meetup will be on Sunday 19th January from 1pm to 8pm at the Jugged Hare pub, Victoria.Let's kick off 2014 in style. With the New Year, it's time to take those game designs down off the shelf and get some playtesting feedback.If you've designed a game, bring it along and give it a play or just enjoy playing other people's prototypes in a friendly and constructive atmosphere. Everyone is welcome.If you would like to bring along a new design, contact Rob Harris (Organiser) and we will add your game to the list.More details: www.meetup.com/Playtest/events/140933632/We also have a guild at Boardgamegeek.com: www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/1398

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A friendly group of board/card game designers and playtesters.The gamers get to try new game prototypes and maybe get a playtesting credit.The designers gain valuable feedback to help them develop their games further.